by our College Data Analytics TeamThis page takes a deep look at Football at Troy University, a fall sport — with a section for each major topic and side-by-side gender and cross-sport context. TROY plays at the level of NCAA Division I-FBS as a member of Sun Belt Conference.
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The TROY men’s football team lists 129 athletes, with an NCAA multi-year squad size of 350. The NCAA tracked 418 athletes in this program for its academic reporting.
Among the 11 varsity sports TROY sponsors, football comes in at #2 by total roster size.
The men’s football program carries 15 coaches — 1 head coach and 14 assistants. Staffing-wise, 11 work full-time and 4 part-time. Leading the program is Gerad Parker.
Across the school’s 11 sports, football sits #1 by total coaching staff.
Financial data is drawn from the U.S. Department of Education’s Equity in Athletics survey.
The TROY men’s football program generated $12,597,439 in revenue against $10,281,345 in expenses, netting $2,316,094. Per athlete, that is about $9,868 in operating expense per athlete, or $1,273,008 per team.
Against the school’s 11 sports, football ranks #1 by revenue, or about 32% of the school’s total athletics revenue.
The men’s football team recorded an Academic Progress Rate (APR) of 973 (961 on a multi-year basis) and a Graduation Success Rate of 80%. Year over year, it held onto 96% of its athletes, with 95% remaining academically eligible.
Relative to the school’s average team APR of 984, football sits below average at 973.
When TROY places on one of our Best Schools for a Sport list, we note it here. Our sports rankings reward schools that excel on the field and in the classroom.
Blank metrics mean the data was not reported for this team.